BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:AddEvent BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55e62f5c3ae64 DTSTAMP;TZID=UTC:20230927T120753Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230916T160000ZZ SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230916T190000ZZ LOCATION:DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center SUMMARY:HEALING the HURT SUICIDE Prevention Forum DESCRIPTION:SEPTEMBER is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month...The HEALING the HURT Forum series will take place each month providing the community with vital information in identifying trauma. Once we identify the trauma, the root of the pain and the hurt; we can start the process of healing. The CDC recently reported that nearly 50,000 Americans took their lives via suicide in 2022. 2022 saw a 2.6% increase over suicide deaths in 2021 - following two straight years of decline in suicide deaths. "Mental health has become the defining public health and societal challenge of our time" Source: Advisory Board, https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2023/08/15/around-the-nationGRO Community is a non-profit organization providing mental wellness and mental health services for minority boys and men and gun violence prevention initiatives.GRO Community: https://grocommunity.org/For mental wellness services call: 773-253.8385.GRO: Social Impact Partners-DuSable Museum and the RAGE Foundation. If you or your organization would like to be a GRO Social Impact Partner, email kweisi gharreau, CMO, kgharreau@grocommunity.org to start the conversation to be the change we want to see.Follow on IG @GROcommunityorgMolding Boys and Healing Broken Men.GRO Through Therapy. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR